9 Makeup Organizers to Tidy Up Your Vanity Counter

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Sometimes you have a lot of stuff, and sometimes that stuff just happens to be makeup. No one is judging you here (trust), but we are advising you organize the cosmetic chaos. Consider the size of your collection, as well as how much room you'll have for a storage unit, to shop our favorite makeup organizers below that range from thrifty palette shelves to luxury stations.

You'll never hear us say Caboodles were cool, because as far as we're concerned those makeup organizers never went out of style. This train case by Beautify is similarly built; ultra sturdy, and travel-friendly, it features a three-tier design with nine organizational compartments. With enough space to basically store every cosmetic you've ever owned in one place, it's the perfect makeup organizer for the serious beauty guru.

Nail artistry is booming across social channels, and we're all experimenting with DIY manicures (for better or worse). Give your stash the salon treatment with this nail polish organizer from Home-it that serves its function with class. The professional counter display is made from durable metal, so if you're uninterested in nail polish, it would make for an equally effective perfume arrangement.

A favorite for college students and apartment renters, this multicompartment, two-piece set from Ikee Design compacts it all from lipstick to mascara, palettes and single eye shadow pans. Durable Clear Acrylic makes the set easy to clean and keeps all things visible so you'll never waste time (or energy) searching for that Maybelline concealer again.

In comparison to the messy pile on your desk that's one NAKED palette away from toppling over, stacking palettes will look almost chic arranged in this acrylic shelf from byAlegory. Designed to house eight standard-sized palettes, this makeup organizer features removable dividers that can stand or lay flat.

No matter what your makeup tower looks like, if it's on a rotating pedestal, it's chic. Ikee's glamorous stack-up of acrylic lipstick compartments makes organization easy, and if you can coordinate by color, you can kiss goodbye the days of ritual uncapping and recapping bullets to scout out the perfect shade at 7 a.m.

Maybe you collect cosmetics like it's your job or you collect cosmetics because makeup is your job; either way, it's a hobby that requires a lot of space. This makeup organizer from Seville Classics boasts not three or five, but 10 sliding drawers cased in a chrome-plated mobile storage unit that won't be a pain to wheel around amidst spurts of spring cleaning and room re-arrangements.

We're slightly obsessed with this wooden makeup organizer from Krasen Dom that not only features compartment holes and carvings to display every part of your look, from eye shadow to a nail file, the handcrafted storage unit also features a docking station for an iPad or smartphone. The priciest of our picks, it's worth the splurge and would even make an amazing gift for your beauty-obsessed BFF as monograming is an option before checkout!

InterDesign's storage unit isn't a regular set of drawers, it's a cool set of drawers. Why? Because it comes in literally every color you could imagine from aqua to coral (perfect for matching bedroom decor or the walls of your walk-in closet). If you're just looking for a little extra storage, one cube should do, but sets of two and four are also available for bulk organization.

You wouldn't think so, but makeup brushes can take up a significant amount of space if you have enough of them. From large, fluffy face brushes to detailed eyeshadow tools, they end up in a pile hidden in the corner of your stash. You don't have to go all-out to organize your tools. These chic glass cup holders from Khinspirations are a simple, elegant alternative to that red Solo cup that's cracking on your shelf, and we love the idea of labeling them in bold, scripted font.

Julia HorniacekJulia Horniacek is the former fashion and beauty editor for BestProducts.com.